Balling-machine



(No Model.) 2 SheetSheet'1. G. J. TORRANCE. BALLING MACHINE.

Patented Dec. 28, 1897.

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PATENT BALLlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,253, dated December 28, 1897.

Application filed July 15,1896. Serial No. 599,228. (No model.) Patented in Canada February 11, 1895, No. 49,893, and in England April 30, 1897,N0. 10,795.

To all whom, it put concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE JAMES Ton- RANGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kearney, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Balling-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference and uniform balling operation and to obtain a more perfect product.

The invention consists in the improved balling-machine and in the arrangements and combinations of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Figure l is a side elevation of the improved machine. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail of a certain sliver-guide in side elevation. Fig. 4 is a detail side view showing means for regulating the operations of certain levers.

In said drawings, A A indicate side or bed plates similar in general construction to those shown in my prior patents, above referred to.

B is a drum or wheel revolving between side plates and actuated by a suitable driving mechanism, such as the shaft-B anddrivingwheel B V C O are the flanges, arranged at the upper part of the drum at opposite sides thereof, which serve to keep the sliver in place on the spool while being wound.

D indicates the spindle on which the spool revolves, and E indicates the said spool, which is caused to revolve by engaging the peripheryof the rotary drum at first and afterward by the engagement of the wool wound on the spoolwith the peripheral surface of the said drum D.

F is a vertically-sliding bearingv arranged in slot 0 in the upper part of the side plate A, and through which bearing the spindle D extends and operates substantially in the same manner heretofore described in said patents. There is a corresponding sliding bearing (not shown) located in a similar slot in the opposite side plate A, as will be understood.

. The arrangement of a certain pushing-head for forcing the spool E laterally to a position to receiveth sliver, the mechanism to tear asunder and place the broken end of the sliver in position to be taken up and wound upon a subsequent spool'when the preceding spool, with the sliver thereon, is discharged, the inserting and withdrawing of the spindle D into the spool E by the lever K, operated by a system of cams L L, the traversing sliver-guide M, excepting certain improvements hereinafter referred to, for distributing the sliver upon the spool, the bat P for throwing the filled spool from the machine, and the means for operating said parts have all been sufficiently described and illustrated in my prior patents and further description here is deemed to be unnecessary.

In the prior devices to which I have referred the spreader M had at its upper end an eye, through which the end of the sliver had to be threaded prior to being inserted between the spool and roller or drum. This operation frequently occupied considerable time, in which the sliver, issuing from the side drawing-machine or first carding-machine, formed a slack therein. When this slack was considerable, it rendered it necessary to break the sliver to form a new end and a new attempt at threading the eye and inserting the end in the balling-machine. The broken-off end involved a loss. In the present case I have dispensed with such eye and have provided an open guide-notch a at the upper extremity of the spreader M,

through which the sliver can be inserted without delay. I have provided also a tension 0, by means of which any slack may be taken up and the said sliver be given the proper tension in entering between the drum and spool as it is fed to the balling-machine, thus insuring more even and regular supply of sliver to the spool and insuring a more perfectly uniform product.

The tensioning device I prefer consists of a forked piece pivoted upon the outer face of the spreader, as shown in Fig. 2, and provided with means for clamping upon the said spreader when the proper adjustment is obtained.

The means employed for pivoting and clamping the teusioning-fork is av simple screw d. Other means may be employed to secure the desired results.

To regulate the lever K and more effectually operate what I have heretofore called the pushing-head, by means of which the empty spool is thrust into position to engage the periphery of the drum or be rotated thereon to wind the sliver, as indicated in outline in Fig. 2, I have provided adjusting means. (Shown in Figs. 2 and 4.) Said adj usting means enable me to take up the wear on the parts, so that I can maintain the necessary pressure by which the said empty spool can be as fully and completely thrown or forced into position after years of service and wear upon the working parts as when the machine is new. To enable said lever and accompanying parts to be thus adjusted, I have fixed at one side of the plate A of the machine, near its bottom, a bracket d, having ears 9 e projecting away from the plane of said plate A. Through vertical slots opening downwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, in said cars is arranged a pivotal bolt f, disposed horizontally, and on which the lever K is fulcrumed. The said horizontal bolt jis free slide vertically in said slots, as will be evident. Against the outer sides of said ears 6 e are supplemental brackets or adjustable plates, in which the bolt ffor the lever K has its bearings. Said supplemental brackets or plates are free to slide vertically upon the ears 6 when released and the adjustingscrews are operated, but is normally fixed rigidly to said cars by means of bolts It. Said supplemental brackets or plates at their lower ends are provided with bearings 9, above referred to, for the pivotal or fulcrumal bolt f, and at their upper ends are provided with bearings g for adjusting-screws 'i, the said adjusting-screws being arranged in lugs j of the bracket (1 and engaging the bearings of the supplemental brackets and adapted when turned to raise or lower said supplemental brackets and with them the fulcrumal bolt, so as to change the fulcrumal relation of the lever K and thus affect the movements of the lever K to secure the desired operation in inserting the empty spool into position eifectively.

The spindle D is adjustable in its relation to'the lever K, so that its movements longitudinally back and forth, in connection with the head, for forcing the empty spool into position maybe varied to compensate for wear, the. To secure such adj ustability, said spindle is threaded where it receives the lever K, as shown in Fig. 2, and on opposite sides of said lever are arranged on said threaded spindle limiting-nuts m m in pairs, one nut looking the other. Otherwise the construction and operation of the spindle, lever K, and the cooperating parts are the same as in other balling-machines of this class.

The general operation of the machine having been fully described in the prior patents, above referred to, and being well known publicly such description is thought to be unnecessary. The operations of the parts having the improvements have been described in connection with the description of the construction, so that a repetition is deemed to be unnecessary.

Having thus described the invcntion,what I claim as new is 1. The balling-machine, substantially as herein set forth, having a drum, ]3, flanges, C, G, a spindle, D, adapted to receive the spool and to be Withdrawn therefrom, and a device for pushing the empty spool in position upon said drum; levers, K, K, for operatin g said spindle and pushing device,the said levers being fulcrumed one on the frame and the other on an adj usting-bracket having supplemental adjustable ears and adjustingscrews for regulating the movement of the said lever, K, substantially as set forth.

2. In a balling-machine, the combination with the drum, flanges, spindle D, and slotted lever K, for withdrawing the spindle from the spool, of nuts and lock-nuts arranged on the outer threaded extremity of the spindle 011 opposite sides of the slotted end of the lever,whereby the lever may be adjusted in its relation to the spindle, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of May, 1896.

GEORGE J. TORRANCE. \Vitnesses:

R. B. BLOEMCKE,

O. B. PITNEY. 

